APWU Videos: I Stand With Postal Workers

Published on May 18, 2015 APWU National Day of Action for Good Postal Service! Good Jobs! Good Contract! at an event in Washington, DC, on May 14, 2015, featuring Actor-Activist Danny Glover, APWU President Mark Dimondstein, Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell, President of National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Melanie Campbell, CWA President Larry Cohen. Published on…

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Postal workers rallying for longer service hours

The Hill - Opinion

  By Tim Devaney – May 12, 2015 Postal workers are rallying for expanded service hours that they say would lead to more stable jobs. The American Postal Workers Union, which represents many of the behind-the-scenes postal workers like counter clerks and those who sort mail, is organizing a nationwide protest Thursday. The union does…

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APWU: Contract Negotiations Begin – At Opening Session, Union Breaks with Tradition

Web News Article #: 036-2015 02/19/2015 – Contract negotiations between the American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service got underway on Feb. 19 with a dramatic break with tradition. Joining the APWU at the opening session were actor-activist Danny Glover and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, who made brief remarks following a statement by…

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Glover, Trumka, Join APWU in Pre-Negotiation Press Conference

Web News Article #: 035-2015 02/19/2015 – Actor-activist Danny Glover and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka joined APWU President Mark Dimondstein in a pre-negotiation press conference at the Regency Hyatt on Capitol Hill (see video below). “I come here as a citizen and a child of postal employees,” Glover said, noting that he has been using…

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